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Global Health Lesson Plans
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Examine global health issues and the philanthropic efforts of Bill Gates. Working in groups, your class will research selected diseases focusing on symptoms, transmission, and prevention. They also conclude by writing grant proposals to help eliminate worldwide diseases.
Students research and create public service campaigns to inform different populations in their community about avian flu, a current global health concern.
Students develop an advocacy plan to address a health-related need for a local, national or global health problem. Students write a detailed letter as part of their advocacy plan.
Students examine "President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief", identify important U.S. policy events related to AIDS/HIV from the last 25 years and hold a policy debate on the funding for AIDS/HIV programs.
Students explore common misconceptions about rabies. In this health science instructional activity, students discuss how this disease can be treated and prevented. They research and create an information pamphlet about rabies.
Young scholars study the HIV virus and how it has impacted the hispanic community. In this infectious disease lesson students discover how HIV/Aids is found all over the world, what misconceptions are out there and what kinds of treatments are needed.
Students correspond with e-pals from other countries. They research life in their e-pal's country and determine the average life expectancy. They work in teams to develop proposals on how to lengthen life expectancy in other countries.
Students study green economics. In this business ethics activity, students listen to a lecture about environmentally stable businesses and respond to discussion questions based on the lecture.
Students explore the ways that local, national, and global events are interconnected. They identify current issues at a local and global level, identify organizations that seek to improve conditions in other countries, and examine the role of non-profit organizations.
Learners engage in a lesson that is focused upon the survival of populations located in third world countries. They conduct research using a variety of resources while focusing upon the delivery of healthcare with the help of statistics.
